Sustainability

Rural Economy and Sustainable Community Development

edited by

Ilias A. Makris

,

Apostolopoulos Sotirios

and

Vasileios Giannopoulos

submission deadline 16 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11568 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural development; rural entrepreneurship and innovation; sustainable community development; energy efficiency; rural tourism; cyclical economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Building a Sustainable Future: Sustainability and Innovation in BIM

edited by

Ahmad Jrade

,

Jieying Jane Zhang

and

Farzad Jalaei

submission deadline 16 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9344 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability in construction; building information modeling (BIM); open BIM; life cycle assessment (LCA); construction 4.0; digital twins; circular economy; interoperability and data exchange; innovation; green construction; sustainable retrofitting and energy efficiency; life cycle cost analysis (LCCA)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Evaluation and Utilization of Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development

edited by

Florinda Martins

submission deadline 19 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5528 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; sustainable development; photovoltaics; wind; biofuels

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Pavement Engineering: Design, Materials, and Performance

edited by

Wei Si

,

Bo Li

and

Pengfei Liu

submission deadline 19 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: pavement engineering; bitumen; asphalt mixture; bio-binder; sustainability; recycling; solid waste; pavement materials; ageing; rejuvenation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)

Sustainable Supply Chain Management in Industry 4.0

edited by Zhitao Xu, Zhenyong Wu and Yaping Fu

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17669 | Submission Open

Keywords: supply chain; Industrial 4.0; sustainability; data analytics; sustainable supply chain optimization; logistics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Energy Systems and Applications

edited by

Ana Fernández-Guillamón

,

Minerva Díaz-Heras

,

Guillermo Martínez de Lucas

and

Isabel Cristina Gil-Garcia

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9330 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals; renewable energies; energy efficiency; urban development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Low Carbon and Sustainable Green Economy

edited by

Kuotai Cheng

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1859 | Submission Open

Keywords: low carbon; ESG; SDGs; sustainable green economy; green HRM; green employee behavior

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Psychological Determinants of Sustainable Mobility Behaviors

edited by

Federica Biassoni

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1675 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable mobility; psychological determinants; transportation behavior; mobility behavior change; psychological barriers; behavioral interventions; psychological interventions; sustainable behavior promotion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Smart Infrastructure Management and Sustainable Urban Development

edited by Sungjoo Hwang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 992 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart infrastructure; sustainable society and community; resilience; urban development; monitoring and control; ICTs; safety and health; quality of life; urban population

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Data Science Innovative Techniques and Applications for a Sustainable Environment

edited by

Domenico Rossi

,

Claudio Guarnaccia

and Daljeet Singh

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 795 | Submission Open

Keywords: data science; machine learning; artificial intelligence; environmental data; sustainable environment

Assessing the Nexus of Climate Change, Water Security, and Human Mobility Towards Sustainability

edited by

Francisco Silva Pinto

,

Tiago Balieiro Cetrulo

and Rafael De Brito Dias

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 672 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; human mobility; water security; water governance; sustainable water management; sustainability; climate justice; sustainable development goals (SDGs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Strategies for Improving the Sustainability of Asphalt Pavements

edited by

Mena I. Souliman

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 505 | Submission Open

Keywords: asphalt pavements; sustainability; green technologies; recyclable materials; life-cycle assessment; climate resilience; pavement maintenance strategies; low-carbon construction; circular economy; sustainable infrastructure

Whose Sustainable Education for Whom in an Era of Commodification of Education and Technology

edited by

Gazi Mahabubul Alam

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 369 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable education; education for sustainable development; sustainability in education; artificial intelligence and digitalisation in education; commodification; commercialism; and capitalism in education; technologization in education; policy for sustainable education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)

Applications of Chemical Engineering in Environmental Protection and Remediation

edited by Patricia Balderas Hernández

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemical engineering; cathodic protection; corrosion inhibitors; green chemistry; theoretical modeling; water; air and soil treatment; historical heritage; environmental chemistry; environmental remediation; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology)

Do Businesses Increase Their Value by Adopting Innovative Sustainability Practices?

edited by

Graham Gal

and Arion Cheong

submission deadline 21 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 948 | Submission Open

Keywords: ESG; AI; big data; sustainability; transparency; technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Sustainable Agriculture and Restoration of Agroecosystem Affected by Climate Change

edited by

Aniruddha Sarker

and

Tofazzal Islam

submission deadline 22 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 15042 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; biochar; carbon sequestration; green remediation; environment restoration; agro-food waste; biotechnology; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Urban Planning: A Gender Perspective

edited by Inés Sánchez de Madariaga

submission deadline 22 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 571 | Submission Open

Keywords: gender mainstreaming; care infrastructure; gender equality; redistribution; recognition; urban planning; transportation; housing; implementation; public space; feminist planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Advancing Water and Soil Sustainability with Integrative Approaches

edited by

Xiaokai Zhang

submission deadline 24 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7993 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; water pollution; soil health; remediation techniques; pollution risk assessment; environmental degradation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)

Consumer Behaviour and Sustainable Decision-Making: Bridging the Gap Between Awareness and Action

edited by

Elisabetta Savelli

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13342 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable consumption; pro-environmental behaviour; consumer decision-making; value-action gap; behavioural interventions; sustainability marketing; environmental psychology; eco-conscious choices; sustainability transitions; policy interventions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Geotechnical and Underground Infrastructures

edited by

Qiujing Pan

, Dalong Jin,

Yutao Pan

and

Hui Xu

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7551 | Submission Open

Keywords: data-centric geotechnics; geotechnical risk assessments and management; computer vision in geotechnical engineering; building information modeling and digital twin; integration of data-driven and physics-based methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainability in Geographic Science)

Groundwater, Soil and Sustainability (2nd Edition)

edited by

Christiana Mystrioti

and

Aikaterini Toli

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 508 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater sustainability; groundwater management; groundwater and soil contamination

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Ecology, Biodiversity and Sustainable Conservation

edited by

Nengwen Xiao

and Xun Du

submission deadline 26 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2496 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity monitoring and assessment; monitoring technology and methods; ecosystem functions and services; species conservation strategies; sustainable resource management; species endangerment and extinction; biodiversity conservation; ecosystem stability; ecosystem health; protected areas

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation)

Innovating the Circular Future: Pathways to Sustainable Growth

edited by

Ting Chi

submission deadline 26 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1059 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; technological innovation; sustainable supply chain management; sustainable materials; collaborative consumption; sustainable consumption behavior; recycling and resource recovery; upcycling practices; waste management strategies; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Hospitality and Tourism Management: Trends, Innovations and Sustainable Development

edited by Fabiana Sepe and

Mario Tani

submission deadline 29 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 660 | Submission Open

Keywords: tourism management; hospitality; sustainability; innovation; community engagement

Patterns and Drivers of Urban Greenspace and Plant Diversity

edited by

Huafeng Wang

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7947 | Submission Open

Keywords: patterns; drivers; urban greenspace; plant diversity; ancient and old trees

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Innovations in Water Distribution Networks: Sustainability, Resilience, and Risk Assessment

edited by

Md Mortula

and

Mohammad Shahedur Rahman

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4466 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution system; water leak detection; condition assessment; resilience; risk assessment; vulnerability assessment; water quality monitoring; maintenance management; optimal network design; rehabilitation and renewal of water distribution network

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)

Shaping Future Cities: Turning Assessment into Strategies and Actions for Resilience

edited by Beatrice Mecca,

Francesca Abastante

and Ombretta Caldarice

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3538 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate resilient cities; sustainability assessment; nature-based solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Regional Development, Environmental Governance, and Sustainable Transformations

edited by

Silvestre García de Jalón

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 509 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental governance; sustainable development; political ecology; public goods; biodiversity; climate change; water agreement; environmental policy

Current Advances in Green Polymers, as Substitutes for Container Industries, for the Reduction of Synthetic Plastics’ Pollution

edited by

Santiago Casado

and

Mirari Arancibia

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open

Keywords: plastics; microplastics; biodegradability; biodegradable containers; sustainability; plastic accumulation; pollution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Towards Sustainable Waste Systems: Advancing Solutions for Circular Economy, Resource Recovery, and Environmental Protection

edited by

Anna Gronba-Chyła

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: barriers to a circular economy; opportunities of a circular economy; sustainability; waste management; problematic waste

(This special issue belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)

Advancements in Entrepreneurship, Economic Analysis, and Business Strategy from a Sustainable Perspective

edited by Federico Lanzalonga, Andrei Bonamigo and Harnesh Makhija

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 62396 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable entrepreneurship; green business models; ESG (environmental; social; and governance) policies; corporate sustainability strategies; economic analysis in sustainability; business innovation for environment; social impact of entrepreneurship; sustainable development goals (SDGs); green economics; sustainable business practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Advanced Research on Agriculture and Food Systems Landscape towards Sustainability

edited by

Tiziana Amoriello

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 22677 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; agroecology; land use planning; sustainable food systems; circular economy; AI and smart technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Novel Technologies and Digital Design in Smart Construction

edited by

Long Chen

and Zhihe Yang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 19987 | Submission Open

Keywords: technology innovation; digital technologies; AI techniques; data-driven approaches; novel materials; sustainable development; climate change socio-technical system

Sustainable Organizational Adaptation: Nurturing Ecosystems for Innovation and Resilience

edited by Okechukwu Lawerence Emeagwali

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 18690 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation ecosystems; ecosystem innovation; ecosystem management; business ecosystems; innovation ecosystem management; strategic adaptability; sustainable adaptation; complex adaptive systems; organizational resilience; open innovation; value networks; absorptive capacity; co-innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Digital Transformation and Open Innovation for Business Ecosystems

edited by

Yuki Inoue

and Naoshi Uchihira

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 18386 | Submission Open

Keywords: business ecosystems; platform ecosystems; innovation ecosystems; digital transformation; open innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Smart Sensors and IoT Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture and Aquaculture Practices

edited by

Li-Wei Liu

,

Yu-Min Wang

and Hsin-Wei Kuo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 17337 | Submission Open

Keywords: agri-aqua sustainability; smart irrigation and aquaculture management; machine learning in agriculture and aquaculture; digital agriculture and aquaculture; climate-smart agriculture and aquaculture; controlled environment agriculture and aquaculture; environmental sensing; wireless sensor networks; remote control; IoT; UAV; Zigbee; LoRa; deep learning; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Intelligent Systems and Consciousness Society: Sustainable Transportation and Decision Making

edited by Yorgos Stephanedes and

Nikos Karacapilidis

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 17137 | Submission Open

Keywords: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) ; C-ITS • Artificial Intelligence ; Machine Learning (ML) ; Natural Language Processing (NLP); decision/policy making; dynamic transport; traffic systems; traffic management; safety and security; logistics; digital data management; sustainability; smart cities; impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Circularity, Innovation, and Optimisation in Sustainable Supply Chains

edited by

James O. B. Rotimi

, Esther Oluwadamilola Olufemi Rotimi and Olamide Shittu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16830 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation; optimization; supply chain; sustainability; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Asphalt Binder and Sustainable Pavement Design

edited by

Md Rashadul Islam

and Hasan Faisal

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 15393 | Submission Open

Keywords: asphalt binder; recycled asphalt pavement; rubber-modified asphalt; recycled plastic asphalt; warm-mix asphalt; cold-mix asphalt; pavement performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Digitalisation, Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Sustainable Business Management

edited by

Martin Wynn

and

Bilgin Metin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 15044 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable business; circular economy; digitalisation; entrepreneurship; innovation; leadership; business strategy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Safety and Risk Analysis of Industrial Processes from the Perspective of Sustainability

edited by

Paolo Mocellin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14320 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable processes; safety; hazards and risks; environment; industrial processes; integrated framework; industrial accidents; responsibility; prevention; mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology)

Application of Data-Driven in Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain

edited by

Wen Jiang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14233 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable logistic; sustainable inventory management; logistics route optimization; data-driven technology; operation management and optimization; sustainable supply chain; supply chain coordination; sustainable supply chain network design; supply chain visualization; carbon emission reduction strategy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Urban Development Prospective for Smart Cities

edited by

Jaroslav Dvorak

,

Katarína Vitálišová

and Vitalii Kruhlov

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 13367 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; data; decision-making; Internet of Things; mobility and travel behavior; planning; public administration; smart public services; smart city; smart urban development; safety; urban transport

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Research on Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Economic Development

edited by

Leo-Paul Dana

and

Aidin Salamzadeh

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11750 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable entrepreneurship; sustainability; sustainable economic development; entrepreneurship

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Green Product Development

edited by

Yuyan Wang

,

T. C. Edwin Cheng

and Wei Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11704 | Submission Open

Keywords: green supply chain management; e-commerce; sustainable supply chain; closed-loop supply chain; low-carbon supply chain; eco-friendly product design; innovation for green products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Advances in Sustainable Water and Wastewater Treatment: Emerging Technologies and Solutions

edited by Wei Li, Sicheng Shao and

Junfeng Su

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11242 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; solid waste treatment; biological metabolism; carbon reduction; refractory wastewater

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)

Digital Technology for Circular Economy Towards Sustainable Development

edited by

Abderahman Rejeb

,

Suhaiza Zailani

and

Steve Simske

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10779 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; digital innovation; sustainable development; resource efficiency; environmental sustainability; internet of things (IoT); artificial intelligence (AI); blockchain technology; data analytics; policy and regulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Sustainable Development and Land Use Change in Tropical Ecosystems

edited by Elisa Grieco

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10408 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change agroforestry sustainable development land use change rural communities adaptation mitigation tropical ecosystems nature-based solutions forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Circular Economy and Life Cycle Assessment: Closing the Loop for Sustainable Resource Management

edited by Andrea Di Maria

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10352 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); sustainable resource management; carbon sequestration; policy decision making

(This special issue belongs to the Section Resources and Sustainable Utilization)

The Latest Studies on Natural Hazards and Sustainable Civil Engineering

edited by

Gerardo Araya-Letelier

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10248 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic resilience; sustainability; earthquake-induced demands; flooding; tsunami loadings; flooding loadings; hydrological hazards; resilience of built environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hazards and Sustainability)

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